Friday, December 20th, 2024
Blue economy potential of Pakistan
Commander Anees Muhammad Khan (RTD) Maritime is generally referred to as any activity which concerns oceans and seas. When coupled with economics, it obviously means all activities which generate or facilitate economic development in one way or the other through uses of oceans and seas. The great USA Maritime Strategist Alfred Thayer Mahan has very rightly said that ‘Greatness and strengths of the nations is the product of wealth, derived from sea and trade”. Maritime Economy is also generally referred, although wrongly, as Blue Economy since Maritime Economy in itselfRead More
We will continue to support Ukraine, says Polish ambassador
Says he was happy to report that our bilateral trade with Pakistan has been steadily increasing, with a significant jump from €456.74 million in 2018 to €861 million in 2023. This growth in trade is a reflection of the strengthening economic ties between our two countries ISLAMABAD, DEC 20 /DNA/ – Ambassador of Poland to Pakistan Maciej Pisarski has said both Poland and Pakistan have developed friendly and productive cooperation over the 62 years. A broader framework of this relationship is to uphold the international order based on the UNRead More
The Collapse of Assad’s Government Emboldened Israel, US Journalist
Islamabad: “The collapse of Assad’s government in Syria have emboldened Israel”, said Mr. James M. Dorsey, an award winning US journalist and the Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He was speaking to an event organized by the Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad. Mr. James Dorsey was of the view that Iranian influence in the region had reduced as observed in Doha by the recent visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Dr. Abbas Araghchi. He added that the collapse of Assad inRead More
Tariq Usmani elected President of RIUJ; Rizwan Secy General
Finance Secretary Yasar Nazar and Mudassir Ilyas Kayani Co-Secretary Information have been elected unopposed. Faisal Awan, Mohsin Ejaz and Jawaria Siddique have been elected as Vice Presidents, similarly Abdul Waheed Janjua, Khalid Malik and Mehwish Qamas have been elected as Joint Secretaries respectively; Fiaz Chaudhry elected executive committee member ISLAMABAD, DEC 20 /DNA/ – Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists election results for 2025-27 have been announced, according to the announcement of the election results by Chairman Election Committee Tariq Masood, Senior Journalist Tariq Usmani President, Rizwan Ghalzai. General Secretary, FinanceRead More
Can China Counter U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan?
By: Qamar Bashir Macomb, Detroit, Michigan The first batch of 32 Abrams Tanks, the heaviest and most lethal “steel mountain” and battle-proven, was handed over to Taiwan this week. The deal is for 108 tanks to be delivered by 2024. Interestingly, while the economies of both the USA and China are highly intertwined and inseparable, the USA seems to leave no stone unturned in poking China, bringing it to a point where it might abandon its measured patience and respond in kind. For example, to counter the American strategy ofRead More